Amazingly, Oregon State tailback Jacquizz Rodgers now has 510 touches without a fumble counting runs, and receptions, and that 14-yard TD pass to Brady Camp.

510!

I asked Beavers' offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf if this was one of those situations - like when a pitcher is throwing a no-hitter in baseball - where no one dares even bring it up.

"We don't talk about it,'' agreed Langsdorf.

"I don't even know what you're talking about.''

OK.

Quizz made it clear that he didn't want to discuss the whys and wherefores of his ability to hang onto the ball. "I don't like talking about fumbles,'' he said.

So naturally, the next 3, 4 questions were all about fumbling.

He said RBs coach Reggie Davis always preaches, "high and tight, and make sure you secure the ball.''

The O.'s Mike Tokito will get into Quizz vs. Cal's Jahvid Best later this week as we preview Saturday's game in Berkeley.

Best was discussed at length Tuesday, as in, how will Oregon State stop him and how does he compare with Oregon State's featured back?

We asked OLB Keaton Kristick if anybody on the OSU team could catch Best from behind.

"There's a couple guys on offense that maybe can,'' said Kristick.

Meaning, there isn't ANYBODY on defense who can catch him, which behooves OSU to play its gap control and not let the Bears' game breaker have a sniff of daylight. ... much easier said than done.

"I don't know that I've seen very many players on the field faster than this guy,'' said OSU coach Mike Riley. "He is extremely fast.''

Again, we'll have more on this later in O-Live and the print edition, but this is worth mentioning now: Best has three career 200 yard games, he has 34 career carries of 20 or more yards, 11 carries of 60 or more yards and four carries of 80 or more.

That is unreal.

Best has 12 runs for longer than 20 yards this season, including three TD runs of over 60 yards: 93 at UCLA, 73 vs. Maryland, and 61 vs. Washington St.

Cal QB Kevin Riley also earned high accolades from OSU's Riley after guiding Cal on a last-second drive at ASU to win that game.

Riley is 53-of-85 (62.4 percent) for 785 yards and eight TDs with only one INT during Cal's three-game win streak, which is impressive because the Bears looked like a team on the skids after a 42-3 loss at Oregon and a 30-3 loss to USC.

This is not the same Kevin Riley whose mental mistake cost Cal the 2007 game.

He is older, wiser, and playing at a very high level, said OSU's Riley, which should make for a good QB matchup because OSU's Sean Canfield is also on a roll.